Terms of Reference for NJCs and RJC

Terms of Reference for
NJCs and RJC
Workshop on National and Regional Joint
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Facilitation Committees
Ulaan Baatar,
Baatar, Mongolia
26 May 2009
Mr. Ying Qian
East Asia Regional Department
Background
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• Two separate and distinct committees
implementing distinct strategies – the Customs
Cooperation Committee (CCC) and the Transport
Sector Coordinating Committee (TSCC).
• The Action Plan of the TTFS proposed that national
joint transport and trade facilitation coordinating
committees (NJCs) and a regional joint transport
and trade facilitation coordinating committee (RJC)
be formally established
established.
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National Joint Committees
• Main objectives:
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− promote transport development and
integrated
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trade facilitation efforts at the
national level
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y collaboration and
− deepen
enhance partnerships between the
public and private sectors
− address broader issues of transport and
trade facilitation.
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NJC Composition
• Representatives
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of all government
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agencies
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in
charge of transport, trade, and borderborder-crossing
activities (e.g., Ministry of Transport, Ministry of
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Trade,
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customs
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authority,
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and agencies responsible for quarantine, sanitary
and phyto
phyto--sanitary,
sanitary product quality standards,
standards
security, and immigration)
groups
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• Private sector g
and road carriers associations and logistics service
providers
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NJC Scope
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• Ownership
− development of national joint transport and trade facilitation action
plan
− enhance skills of NJC member agencies and stakeholders to plan,
implement
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a d evaluate
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projects
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• Coordination
− coordinate publicpublic-private sector efforts to develop integrated
national action plan consistent with the approved TTFS Action Plan;
− coordinate with multimulti-lateral organizations to mobilize resources for
investments identified in national action plan;
• Implementation
− supervise and monitor implementation of CAREC transport and
trade facilitation projects
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Tasks: Ownership
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• Enhancing country’s ownership
− Develop
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transport
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and trade facilitation
action plan with measurable outputs and timelines;
− Report to the Regional Joint Transport and Trade
Facilitation Committee on the status of national action
plan implementation
− Enhance skills of NJC member agencies and stakeholders
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implement
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− Adopt international best practices and recommendations
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the design
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− Supervise
programs (training, seminars, knowledge sharing, and
workshops) to strengthen capabilities of involved
agencies
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Tasks: Coordination
• Serve as focal point for
− Promoting
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t -agency cooperation
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public and private sector agencies involved in transport
and trade facilitation;
− Creating working groups if and as necessary to study
particular concerns and/or take charge of specific projects
and activities;;
− Liaising with development partners and identify possible
sources of funds for investment projects and technical
assistance.
assistance
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Tasks: Implementation
• Implement major CAREC Projects
− Supervise, monitor and evaluate implementation
of the TTFS Action Plan and take necessary
measures to
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identified
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issues;
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monitoring;
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Regional
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Joint Committee
• Objectives of RJC:
− Provide regional leadership in the design and
implementation of the CAREC joint transport and trade
facilitation strategy/action plan (TTFS)
− Serve as a regional forum to raise, discuss, and resolve
issues relating to barriers to trade and development
that are of common interest to its members
• RJC will be comprised of representatives of NJCs
and
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l groupings
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such
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CCC TSCC and
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private sector groups such as regional association
of transport and trade logistics (RATTL)
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RJC Scope
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• Ownership
− Overseeing implementation of CAREC TTFS Action Plan
− Support the implementation of corresponding national action plans
by sharing experiences learned and best practices
− Enhance NJCs’ ownership of programs and projects
− Promote
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t organization
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l groupings
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• Coordination
− Coordinate with CCC, TSCC, Trade Policy Committee and with
regionall cooperation mechanisms
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such
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h Cooperation
Organization, European Asian Economic Cooperation and others in
the implementation of the TTFS and its Action Plan;
− Promote participation and involvement of development partners,
partners
multilateral development agencies, and the private sector;
• Implementation
− supervise and monitor implementation of CAREC transport and
trade facilitation projects
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Thank you
Ying Qian
Principal Economist (Financial Sector)
Financial Sector, Public Management
and Regional Cooperation Division
Tel: + 63
632 632
63 5945
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Fax: + 632 636 2494
Email: yqian@adb.org